Improvement in plows



J. JOHNSON.

Plow.

Patented May 30, 1846.

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JAMES JOHNSON, OF WOOSTER, OHIO.

IM PROVEMENT IN PLOWS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 4.552, dated May 30,1846.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES JOHNSON, of Wooster, in the eountyof Wayne andState of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Flows; andI do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the principle or character which distinguishes myinvention from all other things v of the underside of the plow; Fig.3,the inside of the mold-board; Fig. 4, part of the inside of thelandside.

The same lettersindioatelike parts in all the figures.

My invention consists in the mannerof combining the mold-board andlandside oftheplow and bracing them and connecting them togcther.

The mold-board and landside are in their outer form similar to those nowin common use of the most approved shape. On the inside of themold-board atabouthalt' its height, near the front edge, there is aninward projection, a. (This is shown in Fig.2 and by dotted lines inFig.1.) Just belowit is a projection, b, from the Iaudside that overlapsit. Through both a bolt passes which extends up in a line curved forwardthrough the mold-board, which projects in front of the standard abovethe cutter of the share, and in aline therewith at the point if, so asto prevent the dirt from lodging between them, and thence through thebeam forming the brace c. On the inside of the lower front corner of themold-board there is a projection, d, which extends back on a line withthe insideot' the landside. On the face of this projection d, next thelandside, there is a groove, as shown in Fig. 3, into which aprojection, c, Fig. 4, fits, by which both parts are held steady,fastened by a bolt passing through both. The other parts of the plow aremade ing them by means of the projections a and b,

the bracing-rod c, and the connections 11 and e below, in the manner andfor the purpose specified.

JAMES JOHNSON.

Witnesses:

I. W. SoH oKUs, WM. WARNE.

